ditto
noun/ˈdɪtəʊ/
/ˈdɪtəʊ/
(abbreviation do.)
(symbol 〃)
- used, especially in a list, below a particular word or phrase, to show that it is repeated and to avoid having to write it againTopics Languagec2Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘in the aforesaid month’): from Tuscan dialect, variant of Italian detto ‘said’, from Latin dictus ‘said’.
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